DA: Charges dropped against mom of wandering tot

SANTA ROSA, Calif. 
The Sonoma County district attorney says a Petaluma woman whose 2-year-old daughter was found wandering the streets will not face charges.

Assistant District Attorney Diana Gomez tells KPIX-TV a preliminary hearing for Ana Laura Rendon brought about new information that led prosecutors to drop charges.

Gomez says "mitigating circumstances" were involved in Rendon not looking for her daughter, Joana. Prosecutors initially said Rendon drank five glasses of tequila and didn't immediately start searching for the girl.

Gomez says Rendon thought the girl was asleep and the incident "was not as egregious" as it appeared. Rendon was arrested June 21 after the girl was found more than a mile from home.